Hay-press.



No. 747,230. PATENTED DEC. 15, 1903. J. ROSS. HAY PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 1903.

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No. 747,230. PATENTED DEC. 15, 1903. J. ROSS.-

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Patented December 15, 1903.

JOSEPH ROSS, OF VINOENNES, INDIANA, AssIeNon OF ONE-HALF- TO ALICE I J. BENNETT, OF VINOENNES, INDIANA. 1

HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 747,230,dated December 15, 1903.

Application filed February Is, 1903. Serial No. 143.194. (Nomodeld To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ROSS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vincennes, in the county of Knox and State of Indiana,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Presses; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact desoription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper- 1o tains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

. to the figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to 5 hay-presses, and

has for its object to provide a device of this class which is simple in construction and easy of operation.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a press which is adapted to be operated zo by1 power, but which may be operated manu- A further object of my invention is to provide a press wherein a weighted beam is employed to operate the plunger. 2 5 With all these objects in view my invention consists in the novel arrangement and construction of my press.

My invention also consists in the weighted beam with hay-packing attachment.

My invention also consists in the novel means of raising the weighted beam andi releasing thesame.

My invention also consists in certain other novel features of construction and in combination of parts, which will be first fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in'the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the press,

the pressing-chamber being broken away to show the interior. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pressing-chamber, the belt-pulley being removed. -Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the press. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective of the vertical rack-guide plate.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, in

provided with suitable legs 5 and braces 6, and the chute is provided with suitable tension means 7 in order to con tract the same, and the forward end-0f. said chute is securely yoked at 8. Upon the hopper 3 I provide a platform or table 9, which maybe secured to eitherlside thereof, upon which the hay is pitched before entering the hopper.

10 indicates the weighted beam carrying the weight 11, and 12 is a toothed segment on the inner end thereof, which is securely pivoted on the shaft 13, secured to press-up rights 14.

15 indicates the plunger, to which is secured the horizontal rack-bar 16, meshing with the toothed segment 12 on the weighted beam.

A roller l7 is suitably located beneath said rack-bar to support the same and hold said bar in mesh with the segment.

Secured at the forward edge of the pressfloor is the vertical rack-bar guide-plate 18, which guides the vertical rack-bar 19. A bolt or pin 20 in said guide passes through the slot 21 in said rack-bar, securely holding the same in position. Said rack-bar is provided with a head 22, which engages a roller 23, secured to the side of the weighted beam.

24 indicates a shaft in front of said rack,- bar, upon which is loosely journaled a pinion 25 of considerable width, and secured to said pinion or integral therewith is a clutch member 26. Keyed to said shaft 24 is a gearwheel 27 and clutch member 28. Located in front of said shaft 24 is a shaft 29, carrying a pinion 30, which meshes with the gearwheel 27 on shaft 24, and on the outer end of said shaft 29 is a belt-pulley 31.

32 indicatesa lever fulcrulned at to a bracket 34, secured to the press, the lower end of said lever forming a collar 35, carried in a groove 36 on the clutch member 26. The upper end of said lever 32 is bent inwardly above the weighted beam. Secured .to the upper end of said leveris a link 37, connecting to the crank-arm 38 of the operating-rod 39, the rear end of which rod is bent upwardly and inwardly to form the handle 40.

41 indicates the hay-retainer, which is secured at the upper end of the chute and extends a short distance below inside of the by the rack-bar.

of, which is so constructed that a division- .block may pass beyond said retainers, but

will be held from falling back into the pressing-c'hamber. It must be understood that I employ division-block's in this connection which may be of any suitable form or material, but which form no part'of my invention.

I provide the floor of the pressing-chamber with a series of perforations 45 for the purpose of allowing any dirt which may be in the hay to pass out. Secured to the weighted beam is a curved arm 46, which carries a block 47 of any suitable shape for the purpose of packing the hay within the pressing-chain'- her when the said weighted beam is in a raised position. 7

Having thus described the several parts of my invention, its operation is as follows: The

hay to be pressed is pitched upon the table or platform 9 and thence into the pressingchamber. The belt-pulley 31 being belted to an engine or motor of any form whatever or to any other power, said belt-pulley 31, shaft 29, and pinion 30 on said shaft'are revolving.

When there is a sufficient quantity of hay' within the pressing-chamber, the handle 40 of the operating-rod 39 is pushed down into position'shown in Fig.1. This causes the crankarm 38 of said rod, link 37, and upper endjof the lever 32 to be moved inwardly, and throws the lower end of said lever and collar 35 :to the left, which causesthe clutch member 26 to 1 pass into engagement with the clutch member 5 28, which is keyed to the shaft 24. As the gearwheel 27 is in mesh with the pinio'n 30 on the shaft 29, said gear-"wheeland shaft 24 are revolved, and as soon as the two clutch members are in engagement, as above described, said clutch member 26 andvpinion 25, which is either integral with said clutch member or attached thereto, begin to revolve. The vertical rack ba'r 19, which is always in engagementwith said pinion 25, owing to the length or thickness of said pinion, is now raised by said pinion, and as the head 22 of said rack-bar is in engagement with the roller 23 on the Weighted beam said beam is raised "the plunger rack-bar 16, draws said rack-bar and plunger 15 forward. The weighted barl continues to be raised until it comes in conf tact with the inwardly; bent portion of the upper arm of the lever 32, and a said beam raises it pushessaid upper arm of said lever 32 to 'the left, which throws the lower arm or said lever to the right and carries the clutch They are formed of a flat= As said beam is raised the toothed segment thereon, which meshes with member 26out of engagement with the clutch member 28. As said clutch "member 26 and pinion 25 are loosely journaled on the shaft 24 they cease to be revolved, and as the weighted beam is now unsupported by the vertical rack-bar 19 said beam falls and drives the plunger 15 with great force into the pressing-chamber and against the hay.

More hay is now thrown into the hopper, and the handle 40 of the operating-rod 39 is again pushed in, which throws the clutch members again into engagement, as before described. As the weighted beam is raised the packingblock 47 on the arm 46 enters the hopper and pushes the hay down into the pressing-chaminto its normal position and engages the upper portion of the pressed hay, holding the same and tucking any loose hay into the bale.

When a sufficient amount of the hay has been put into the pressing-chamber to make a bale,a division-block is placed in thepressing-cha'mber in front of the same, and as the plunger "strikes it carries the hay and divisionblock beyond the division block retai'ners 42 in the sides of the press, which retainers securely hold the said divisionblock in position, making ready for the next bale. The tension means 7 at the rear of the chute can be so regulated 'to contract the chutethat the hay can be pressed as tightly as desired'or thetension can be relaxed so that the bales will be loose.

It is evident that this'p're'ss may beworked by hand, if desired, in which'eventthe beltpulley 31, shaft 29, and pinion 30 are removed and a ratchet-wheel secured to the end of shaft 24 and 'a pawl placed on press.

A hand ratchet-lever of any desired construction is then secured to said'shaft 24 to revolve the same.

Having thus described my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact eonstructionherei-n set forth, as

various slight changes may be made therein which would fallw'ith'in the limit and scope ofmy invention, and I- consider myself clearly entitled to 'all such changes and modificaqn What I claim as'myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a hay-press the combination with a pressing-chamber, of a plunger, a weighted beam adapted to operate said plunger, "means for raising said weighted beam, and means operated by said weighted beam for causing pressing-chamber, of a weighted beam, a

plunger adapted to be operated thereby, pack- IIO ing means carried on said weighted beam for packing the hay within the pressing-chain ber when said weighted beam is raised.

3. In a hay-press, the combination with the pressing-chamber, of a plunger, a rack secured thereto, a toothed segment adapted to mesh with said rack, a beam secured to said segment, a weight on the end of said beam, means for raising the beam and means for releasing the beam, whereby the said plunger is operated by the fall of said beam.

4. In a hay-press, the combination with the pressing-chamber of a plunger, a rack secured thereto, a toothed segment adapted to mesh with said rack, a weighted beam secured to said segment, a lifter adapted to raise said beam, and means adapted to raise said lifter through intermediate mechanism, and means for releasing said lifter.

5. Inahay-press, the combination with the pressing-chamber, of a plunger, a weighted beam adapted to operate said plunger, a lifter adapted to raise said beam, means adapted to raise said lifter through intermediate mechanism, and means for releasing said lifter.

-6. In a hay-press, the combination with a pressing-chamber, of a chute formed thereon, a plungerin said pressing-chamber, a weighted beam adapted to operate said plunger, a shaft and means carried thereon for raising said beam, and means for revolving said shaft, and means for causing said raising means to fall.

7. In a hay-press, the combination with a pressing-chamber, and a plunger, of a weighted beam adapted to operate said plunger, a lifter adapted to raise said beam, means for raising said lifter, and means for releasing said lifter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH ROSS.

Witnesses:

.ToHN VINCENT, OLIVER PIERSON. 

